Last week I entered 2 pieces of wearable recycled art into Rialto, CA’s recycling festival – a vintage abalone shell bracelet with fresh water pearls and a V Galet silk tie, handmade in Beverley Hills, CA c. 1940/1950s which I’d recycled it into a silk purse. I went to collect the bracelet and purse this… Continue Reading
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Finished prototype valentine heart
I think the heart looks really cute. Plastic buttons, seed beads on red hand dyed wool. I used scraps of 80/20 batting (1 piece heart shaped and then a square piece folded in half on point making it a little puffier). The reverse side, cream Moda felted wool (thicker than the hand dyed wool). I… Continue Reading
Art For Heaven's Sake
This annual local art show is a three day event from 16th – 18th October. It attracts artists from the local community and further away. There are somewhere between 50-60 artists in attendance over the weekend. It is held in the beautiful grounds and gardens of the Redlands United Church of Christ and the money… Continue Reading
The joys of raggy flannel quilts
After I made my first one I said I’d never make another because they aren’t “real” quilts. But it was too late the snowball had started rolling and here I am still making them. My nieces and nephew have one each, so do my own boys and hubbie and from there they’ve spread to a… Continue Reading
Delicious Orange Muffins
My stall at the Orange Muffin Festival, yesterday. It was a glorious morning, the setting was wonderful and I think everyone enjoyed themselves – old and young alike. It was great being next to Candy. We were a colourful spot in the front garden. Thankfully they gave us easy-ups so we were sheltered from… Continue Reading